ESC-30056 - Module Specification
School of Geography, Geology and the Environment
Faculty of Natural Sciences

Programme/Approved Electives for 2020/21

Available as a Free Standing Elective

Co-requisites

None

Prerequisites

none

Barred Combinations

none

Description for 2020/21

Ecotoxicology and Risk Assessment provides in-depth knowledge and understanding of principles and practises that crucially underpin many environmental monitoring, regulation and assessment regimes. Upon successful completion of this module students will have the skills to conduct ecotoxicology protocols, construct and interpret dose response curves, source and evaluate ecotoxicology data and generate risk assessment reports.

To provide a detailed understanding of ecotoxicology principles and practises and the science that underpins the discipline. To provide an in-depth understanding of how ecotoxicology data, once generated, is used to carry out environmental risk assessments and to generate environmental quality standards (EQS) that are critically important in environmental monitoring and assessment regimes.

Intended Learning Outcomes

critically assess and explain in detail a variety of ecotoxicology protocols and the scientific principles that underpin them: 2
understand, construct and interpret dose response curves depicting biological responses to an applied stress: 2
describe and comment on the ethical principles that guide ecotoxicology practises: 2
source, compile and critically evaluate ecotoxicity data: 1
use compiled ecotox data to conduct an environmental risk assessment and communicate the outcomes via a risk assessment report: 1

Study hours

10h Lectures and workshops
8h practical sessions
2h class test
130 directed and private study, including assessment preparation.

School Rules

None

Description of Module Assessment